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Michael had been monitoring the coolant loss on his MGF Mk 1 VVC mems 2J in Nightfire (CAQ) for a while, and after having previously been over to Ratby to pressure test it, it was a definite that the inevitable had occurred.

Gaskets all replaced. The exhaust flexi-hose had blown, so Michael had asked if we could replace this too. Didn’t help that the manifold gasket had all been siliconed, plus the manifold studs were very lose and one was missing. All sorted, resulting in a very nice smooth sounding car.

Great to see Paul Johnson too, who popped over to say hello, along with his two lovely woofers. Fab to have a quick catch-up with Michael and Paul.

Thanks for all the cuppas Michael, glad to have got your wife mobile again in her daily car! 😀 Look forward to seeing you again next year. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

So pleased to have finally got Adam’s TF 135 completed today.

This was originally booked in for a few things as squeeze-ins, with other work we had booked in at the workshop in September. Once with us though the list kept being added to, which isn’t a problem at all, but we just physically didn’t have the time to do as quick as would have been liked, by us, as well as Adam.

But, happily we got there in the end and gave up today’s day off to get completed and the MOT carried out.

• Cambelt, water pump and tensioner replaced
• Annual service items replaced
• Piper cross induction kit fitted
• Pektron unit relays replaced and additional fob supplied – outsourced to Technozen
• Four wheel alignment – outsourced to MEDDS
• Exhaust manifold gaskets replaced
• Exhaust hanger fitted as missing
• New alternator and alternator belt
• ECU remapped – outsourced to k-maps.
• Rear subframe forward mounts replaced with stainless steel
• Mike Satur bell crank fitted
• Full underfloor treatment done
• Brake fluid change
• Windscreen wipers
• MOT – outsourced to Pickards

A clean up and wash down inside and out all ready for Adam to collect. The car has come a long way since Adam bought it a year ago. We replaced the head gasket shortly afterwards and he’s done a couple of little mods himself.

Hope you have loads more fun in her Adam! 😃 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

An enjoyable sunny Sunday morning spent just along the road in Hull…

Having had our details passed on, with thanks to Helen Blake, it was great to meet Rick whose TF 135 had suffered from the proverbial. With the car being his partners daily, and only car for work, we went and did what we do.

On our usual checks, before carrying out any work, it was found to be a definite. Head gasket replaced and everything cleaned up. The cambelt service was overdue so cambelt, water pump and tensioner replaced, plus new alternator belt.

What an enjoyable morning in Rick’s company, good chat and the car had no awkward bolts, well only one small cover bolt. Really good to get them mobile again. Date to be arranged to return to fit underfloor coolant pipes.

I made the most of the fantastic weather we’ve been experiencing and walked home along the foreshore from Hessle. ☀️

Grand Prix highlights on the telly to catch-up on and we have a day off planned tomorrow. 😀 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

A few visits today just down the road in Sheffield…

Our first call was a clutch issue, which was, as we suspected down to the slave cylinder, on Mike’s good looking TF 135. A new slave cylinder was duly fitted and with only 63k on the clock the car should be good for a while longer. Great to meet Mike and have a chat, date to be arranged to return to fit a soft ride kit.

We then headed a few miles north of the city, to meet Tony and his fab looking MGF mpi 120, that he had bought to have some fun days out in along with his wife. He had a few niggles he wanted checking out and also a minor service.

Really good to meet Tony and so glad that we had time to have a chat. Thank you, to Tony for getting in the the cakes especially! They went down very well. 🍰

We then headed a bit further north, hitting all the football traffic and everyone heading to the match, good to see though.

Lastly, we went to see Jeff, who had been experiencing a misfire with his MGF 120 mpi mems 1.9 that we have worked on a couple of times over the years. Jeff had changed the distributor cap, the rotar arm and the 4 plug leads, which hadn’t resolved the issue.

On running the diagnostics it was found that there were a few sensor errors logged. We temporarily fitted a Lambda sensor and a coil pack to eliminate them. Another was found to be relating to the ambient temperature sensor and the coolant temperature sensor. As the car is an early mems 1.9 they don’t have an ambient temperature sensor.
So the ECU coolant temperature sensor was changed, which, happily for Jeff, resolved the issue. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

What an enjoyable day, we headed over to Northwich this morning where it was really great to see Clare and her ‘Cilla’, her fab looking 1 of 3 stepspeed in Celestial Blue, again, that was due for the annual service.

Really good to have a quick catch-up. Shame we couldn’t stay longer. 🤗

We then headed over to Birkenhead where it was great to meet Tom, whose TF 135 was suffering from quite a bad oil leak.

The leak was found to be coming from the cam cover and the camshaft oil seals. Camshaft oil seals on the gear-box side were both replaced. On removing them they were found to be very brittle and old, so not surprising they were leaking. Cam cover gasket replaced and everything cleaned up. Hopefully this will save Tom a small fortune in oil top ups.

Great looking car, with a fab sounding straight-through exhaust!

Lovely sunrise this morning as we headed west and sun all day long ☀️

Good run back over the M62 and spotted some very fancy cones on the way! 😄 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

Having had a few conversations with Paul, in recent months, he saw on our post last night that we weren’t too far away from him, in Alsager, so asked if we could pop over.

Happy to do so, we left our really fab digs, in Congleton, this morning to investigate the source of an oil leak with his very nice looking MGF Trophy 160 that he’d owned for just over a year.

There was found to be several culprits of varying degrees; such as VVC plunger seals, cam seals and then the main one which seems to be the crank seal, plus a possibility that the VVC mech gasket was also an issue.

Really good to meet Paul, and have a chat about track days and other cars he’s owned. A date booked in to come and sort all of these issues out for him.

Good run back over to the workshop, with a bit of a contrast in the weather today, and cracked on with a few things there.

The pub we stayed at in Congleton is worthy of mention, The Plough. Such fantastic rooms and at a very reasonable price. Not that we often venture out for food, it’s usually a ‘just eat’ option in our room, we made the effort to go across to the pub itself to eat and the food was so good. One on the list of places to stay at again.

Didn’t get a pic of the car unfortunately, too busy talking. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

That was a bit of a wet and windy one! Fortunately, we had a car port for some shelter from it, while we were working in Macclesfield today.

It was cambelt service time for Tony’s TF 135 and Tony asked us to also service his brothers TF 135. It was suspected that the clutch had gone on his brothers car too. So a couple of days booked in for the work and an overnight stay.

First up was Tony’s TF, all bolts behaved, cambelt, water pump and tensioner replaced. While we were in there noticed a bit of an oil leak, which was down to the cam cover being lose, so replaced the gasket and cleaned everything up. Other service items replaced that Tony had and asked us to fit while we were there.

Next up was his brothers TF, which was a completely different story. One of engine mount bolts did not want to come undone. So plan B was implemented, which didn’t want to go well either, 4 hours spent undoing one bolt. Got there in the end though! Patience along with a few mashed bits of skin!

We also had the car booked in for clutch replacement, but on investigation found that the slave cylinder had gone and the release arm was stiff. So this was freed off and new slave cylinder fitted. System bled and clutch working as it should. Saving Tony’s brother a bit of money and it should be good for many more miles.

Great to see Tony as always, keeping us supplied with many welcome cuppas and choccie bics.

A later than thought finish, but our digs are only a few miles down the road in Congleton. Welcome big bath to thaw out in and then get the admin done. Will venture over to the adjoining pub for some tea.

Now we’ve gained a day, we’ll go back to the workshop in the morning and get more done on Adam’s and Stephen’s cars. 😃 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

A lovely sunny morning for run over the Humber estuary as we headed to Cleethorpes, where it was great to see Keith again and his, really well cared for, TF 135 85th Anniversary. Paint code is 297 for those interested.

Cambelt, water pump, tensioner, aircon alternator belt all replaced and oil change done.

Good to catch-up with Keith again. His car, as always, a pleasure to work on too.

Made the most of a rare early finish as have a lot of things to catch up on and orders to place etc. Doesn’t help that Facebook crashed this evening, aargh! 😵‍💫 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI